Salsa legend Tito Puente wrote this song and recorded it in the early '50s. While Puente was very popular in the Latin community, Santana's cover became a hit and helped introduce Puente to a wider audience. On Santana's version of the song, everything, including the guitar wails and keyboards, follows the original music.
The voice in the beginning says "sabor," which is Spanish for "flavor."
The lyrics are entirely in Spanish and are four repetitions of this stanza: Oye como va Mi ritmo Bueno pa gozar Mulata A "mulata" is a woman ("mulato" being a male) of Caucasian European and Black African descent. The correct translation of the word "oye" is listen. The translation of the lyrics is thus: "Listen to my rhythm, good for fun, mulata!!"
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